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How do I upload metadata to a file?
File Metadata
- Open the Site Browser.
- Navigate to the folder where you want to upload the file.
- Right-click the folder and select New → Image / File.
- Choose the File Asset Type you want to upload and click Select.
- Select a file from your computer and click Upload.
You can use a Windows Explorer view to upload multiple files, and copy-paste items. Also, you can click the ‘Upload Multiple Documents’ button on the ribbon. But the administrator permission is required before you can upload multiple documents to SharePoint.
How do I drag multiple files?
Press and hold the Control Key (on the keyboard). While holding the Ctrl Key, select another file. Repeat step 2 until all the required files are selected. Note: It is important to keep the Ctrl Key pressed to ensure all files are highlighted.
How to upload a file with metadata using rest?
You can just make the needed metadata part of the URL. Then in whatever you’re registering routes, WebApiConfig.Register (HttpConfiguration config) for me in this case. If your file and its metadata creating one resource, its perfectly fine to upload them both in one request.
Is there a script to upload multiple files?
Here is codeplex project SharePoint Multiple File Upload Script which does exactly that. There are third party products to do this as an end user who does not have access to Powershell. We’ve just started using Metavis Information Manager and it does a good job to bulk upload and bulk classify documents.
How to upload a file with metadata using JSON?
Including the file data base64 encoded into the JSON request itself will increase the size of the data transferred by 33%. This may or may not be important depending on the overall size of the file. Another approach might be to use a POST of the raw file data, but include any metadata in the HTTP request header.
How can I use PowerShell to upload documents?
You can use Powershell scripts to upload documents and apply metadata to them. Here is codeplex project SharePoint Multiple File Upload Script which does exactly that. There are third party products to do this as an end user who does not have access to Powershell.